Identifying and Preventing Future Security Threats

Traditionally we often talked about refugees caused by either political or economical reason. However we should pay much more attention to so called refugees caused by natural disasters nowadays, for example Japan was heavily damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake, furthermore the number of these types of refugees have been increasing internationally. In addition, from the latest experience, we should think about the necessity of following supports for the refugees; (a) Urgent support Just after a huge disaster occurrence, altering living places and resources for refugees have to be prepared as soon as possible, because their large demand causes

The widely shared objectives of peace, prosperity, and participation have been threatened for centuries by the military conflict between states brought about by competing ideologies and interests. The world now faces three additional threats – nuclear proliferation, terrorism, and cyber-attacks that have different characteristics from classic military conflict between states and create an entirely new security environment. The monopoly of military force that make nation states the dominant force in conventional war is eroded by the new threats that empower subnational groups and make national boundaries less relevant. Political leaders must act to reduce these threats and adopt concrete

Question 1: Counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, political engagement – How to deal with non-state aggressors in present and future conflicts? Proposed Answer: Terrorism is mostly about expectations. The main purpose of an attack is not only to cause physical damage, but to make people afraid. And it is the fear and the irrationality that it may arouse that we must challenge. London suffered horrible damage during the Second World War. People were of course afraid, but we must remember that many did come from the countryside to spend a weekend in the city and share with Londoners their burden. The Nazi

First, security is comprehensive, best characterized as a state of freedom from danger or threat. This encompasses all types – global security, national security, human security, personal security, information security, cybersecurity, etc.Second, security is never absolute, always relative. In principle, one seeks proportionality: the greater the potential damage a threat poses, the greater the protection one desires, and the greater the investment one will make to secure it. The willingness to invest is influenced not only by the damage that may be inflicted (the impact), but also by the likelihood of the threat materializing (the probability).Third, the human condition is

“The past is another country. They do things differently there”.L.P. Hartley, The Go-Between 1923 Ten years on from “9/11” the scope and nature of systemic change in the global security environment is becoming ever more visible. As metaphors for this new age of strategic uncertainty, the interrelated threats of terrorism, cyber-attacks and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) stand out. Apparently, there are only two things that can be said with any certainty. First, the nature of contemporary security challenges has finally brought the age of Clausewitz to an end. States no longer have a monopoly over